But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me:
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.
1 Samuel
History / SamuelFor he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
Psalms
PoetryAnd the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph.
Joshua
History / JoshuaThat sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahBut Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.
2 Kings
HistoryAnd no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
Luke
GospelsAnd he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielAnd Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThen said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Matthew
GospelsPrecious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahThus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielLest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesThrough desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonThe church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.
1 Peter
General EpistlesAnd there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel.
Leviticus
Law / MosesBut if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
Philippians
Pauline EpistlesAnd it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
Deuteronomy
Law / MosesIs the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
Galatians
Pauline Epistles / PaulOnly Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
2 Timothy
Pauline EpistlesLet mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
Job
WisdomAnd all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.